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Donna Pearson wins race for Cumberland freeholder in Democratic sweep

November 17, 2020 8:49 am

Democrats have swept all three seats on the Cumberland County Board of Freeholders, with Donna Pearson defeating Republican Victoria Lods by 2,463 votes. Pearson returns the freeholder board following a 17-year absence after winning an off-the-line victory in the July...

Testa makes a play for Cumberland’s freeholder board

September 11, 2020 11:51 amSeptember 13, 2020 1:29 pm

State Sen. Mike Testa is making a play for control of his home county. With Democrats holding a broad but not insurmountable 6-1 majority on Cumberland County’s Board of Chosen Freeholders, Testa, the county’s Republican chairman, is hoping a bevy...

Pearson celebrates her lone progressive victory

July 27, 2020 3:49 pm

Former Cumberland County Freeholder Donna Pearson issued a muted celebration of her primary win. She was the only one of three progressive freeholder challengers to win at the polls this month. “This is bittersweet. It was a hard-fought battle. Our...

Musso, Castellini and Pearson win Cumberland Dem freeholder primary

July 16, 2020 9:23 pmJuly 17, 2020 9:11 am

This story was updated on July 17, 2020 at 9:04 AM. Donna Pearson staged a rare off-the-line victory in the Democratic primary for Cumberland County Freeholder. A former freeholder who has been out of office for nearly seventeen years, Pearson...

All 19 of New Jersey’s black freeholders back name change

July 14, 2020 5:40 pmJuly 14, 2020 5:45 pm

All 19 of New Jersey’s black freeholders announced their support for a plan to phase out the title in favor of one that does not carry as troubled a history. “The origin of the title runs afoul of the ideals...

Pearson takes bigger lead in Cumberland Dem freeholder primary

July 11, 2020 4:05 pmJuly 11, 2020 4:11 pm

Donna Pearson has now surged to second place in the Cumberland County Democratic freeholder primary and incumbent George Castellini is now in third with a 149-vote lead over his running mate, Bruce Cooper. Castellini had been running a comfortable second...

Just 16 votes separate Pearson and Cooper in Cumberland Dem freeholder primary

July 9, 2020 7:25 pm

Just 17 votes off-the-line candidate Donna Pearson and organization choice Bruce Cooper in the Democratic primary for Cumberland County freeholder after more vote-by-mail ballots were counted on Thursday. Provisional ballots cast on Election Day have not yet been counted and...